Churn.



camj ABPLIOATION FIILBD griefs, y1913.

Patented Fell). 10, 1914.

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ma@ f- "r-r. TROUT E.' 'I'. TROUT.

UHURN. APPLIOATION HLM; Aug. 2, ma.-

. VPatented Feb. 10, 1914,

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Specifica-'tion et Letters Baten't.

lnten'ted Feb.. Ml, le

Application le August 2, 1913. Serial No. 78233.

To all wko/m it may concern n Beit known that l, En T. TROUT, citi- Zen of the United States, residing at Chillicothe, in the county of Hardeman and State of Texas, have invented certain new' useful Improvements in Churns, oit which the following is speciiication, reference being had to the accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to nenv and useful improvements in churns and more particu larly to a hand operated churn, the obiect of the invention being to provide a churn wherein the receptacle or body ot the churn is rested upon the floor or platform and the operating mechanism thereof is suspended, from a suitable sul gort secured to the side of the Wall or other suitable support.

Another object of the invention is to pro vide a churn of this character which will possess advantages in points of eflioiency and durability, is inexpensive of manufacture and at the same time is simple in construction and operation.

With the above and other objects in View.

this invention consists in the novel features of construction and the lcombination and rangement of parts to be hereinafter more fully described, pointed out in the claims and shown in the accompanying drawings, in Which Figure l is a front elevation, the churn body being shown in vertical section; Fig. 2 is a side elevation; Fig. 3 is a longitudinal sectional View of the connectingmember and the rotary blades; l is a transverse sectional Viewv taken on the line lof llig. l; Fig. 5 is a top plan View of the upper agitator; Fig. 6 is a top plan View ol' tbe cover; and Fig". 7 is sectional View taken on the line 7-7 of Eig. l. Fig. 8 is a trans verse sectional View talten through one ot the agitator blades.

Referring more particularly to t e ings, l indicates the base plate which supn ports the bearing' of my improved churn, Formed integral with the base and projecting outwardly at right angles thereto is the bearing membei.1 2 which comprises the out Wardly extending end members 3 and the central member el all of which are arranged in spaced parallelrelaticn, as clearly illustrated in Fig. 2.- The end pieces 3 are bi- Jurcated to form the spaced arms 5 between which are rotatably mounted 'the gears 6, seid-gears being mounted upon each end of drawl l l l l. l

the shaft 7, the intermediate 'portion or' 'which is mounted in the central member 4.

n. stub shaft 8 is rotatably mounted in the upper end of the central member Ll and mounted upon said stub shaft is a gear 9 @o haring a handle member l() whereby te same may be rotated, said gear engaging the gears o to impart motion thereto. V'he l' extends downwardly from. the supmost into an opening' 18 formed in the upper et... v the connecting member 14 and securely 7o' h ld therein means of the set screw l5 whereby the bearing member may be quiclcl'f' and readily removed Jfrom the sleeve, if c@ sired. i

Mounted upon the lower end of the shalt in 7 an agitator l5 which comprises an nular .lo to which are secured the ouir ends 'oi tbe blades 17, said blades bein formed integral at their inner ends With a circular plate i8 which is mounted upon so the lower end of the shaft 7 for rotation therewith, lt Will be noticed from the showing illustrated in Fig. S that the blades 17 are disposed at an angl-e with respect to y the plate l so that upon the rotation of as the agitator, the. butter which is churned from the cream placed Within the receptacle 'll will be forced toward the top thereof. Spaced supporting rods l are provided, the f upper ends of which are rigidly secured e@ Within the lower end of the member 14 and` the lower ends thereoi suitably secured to 'the ring 20 which supports the second agitator 2l, This agitator is constructed of a suitable ring 22 having the blades 23 see5( cured at the outer ends thereof and their inner ends secured to the ring 20. llt-.Will be noticed that the blades in the second agitator are disposed at an incline opposite that in the Arst agitator l5 so that fthe two le@ agitators apparently force' the cream and butter toward each other whereby the cream will be more quickly churnecl intobutt/er than by the churns in use at the present time.

suitable cover 24. is provided which is we arranged over the upper end of the receptacle ll and securely held thereon by means of the thumb screws 25. s

' From the foregoing description taken inf connection with the accompanying drawim i member and into the cylindrical re- 6e v` the operating mechanism of which is suitd ably suspended from the Wallor other suitable support, While the receptacle thereof is arranged upon the floor or other support and adapted to receive the agitators `which are rotatably mounted upon .the/operating mechanism. It will also be apparent that I have provided a new and useful'churnwhich is extremely simple in construction, elective in its operation and can be manufactured at -a comparatively W- cost.

" ,asl illustrated.

As clearly shown in Fig., 3, the blades of 'the agitators are each provided with the vupwardly extendingside flanges 2G which assist greatly in imparting motion to the l cream Within `the receptacle. The upper edges of these flanges at their outer ends are flush With the ends of the rings and then Vtaper inwardly' toward the center support, I

't is to be understood that my improved .device maybe easily attached to the Wall;

that the twoagitators turning in opposite directions relative to each other will cause the butter to liow to the top; that any kind of a vessel or jar may be used for the body portionof the churn, either open or with a In order to reduce to a minimum the friction between the bearing journals and the rotatingf'parts, it Will be understood that ball bearings ofthe usual type may be ap- 1 pliedfto such parts in the manufacture of l the churns-although the application of the aforesaid ball bearings is not disclosed in the accompanying drawings.

Vlhile I have shown 'and described the I preferred form of my invention, it will be 40 obvious that various changes in the details of construction and in the proportions may be resorted to for successfully carrying my invention into practice Without sacrificing any of the novel features or departing from the scope of the appended claims.

What I claim is l. A churn including agitators having blades disposed at an angle and upwardly extending ilanges formed upon the longitudinal edges of said blades for imparting motion to the contents of the receptacle u pon the rotation of the agitators.

2. A churn including agitatorsh'aving angularly disposed blades, the outer ends of said blades, upwardly eX- tending flanges .formed upon the longitudinal edges of said blades, the upper edges of said flanges at their outer ends being flush with the upper edge of the rings and then tapered inwardly toward the central connecting member, as and for the purpose set forth. l

ln testimony whereof I hereunto alix my signature in `the presence of two Witnesses.

En T. TROUT. Witnesses L. W'. ALLRED, J. R. ELLiorr.

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